REPORT OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES RESEARCH PROGRAMME. "ASSESSMENT STUDIES ON SEABED DISPOSAL" FOR THE YEAR 1983

Abstract

Three R&D programs of the Commission of European Communities (CEC) are producing results related to disposal of radioactive wastes into the seabed : The direct action "Safety of Nuclear Materials" program carried-out at the Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra. The shared cost action "Radiation Protection" program. The shared cost action "Management and Storage of Radioactive Waste" program. The shared cost programs are carried out by means of contracts with national laboratories of the European Community, partly financed by CEC. The shared cost programs are devised and supervised by the staff of the Directorate-General XII for Research, Science and Education (Brussels). The research being developed in radiological assessment, engineering studies, waste form and canister, sediment and rock and marine biology for 1981, 1982 and 1983 is reported.